Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-21

| ,;o present. Alter choice selec-
,lon y the band, Mayor Cleland, on be-
naiI OF the people of Sioux City, made the
aauress OF welcome, extending cordial
slee.lns TO one and all. The dedicatory
a! was delivered by Hon. Chas. n
Van Wyck, ex-senator from Nebraska. IT.
! was III every way worthy the author, partic.
ui.fiy the opening and closing, and a mag.
innocent tribute to the enterprise of Sioux
City and the industry of the great North
west. The balance of the evening wos
gwen up to selections from the several fine
Danas present, and in viewing the attractive
edlflce, and the fine exhibits made by va
flous counties and townships. Among the
more notable displays of farm products
| were those of Lincoln, Madison, Union and
clay counties, Dakota; Cedar, Cunning.
ana Dakota counties, Nebraska; Plymouth,
u! Buena Vista, Sioux, Osceola, Monona and
| woodbury. counties, Iowa. In the display
OF the latter county, the following town
! snlps had separate exhibits: Liberty,
woodbury.. Sloan, Listen, Grant and Lake
Port; then there were exhibits by the
omaha and Wlnnebago Indian agencies; a
mineral showing from the Black Hills. and
an elaborate display by the Sioux City
seed and Nursery company. To partcu-
laflze one OF these magnificent exhibits
ana not all would be an invldious distinc-
ton, and to describe each would fill col
umns. Suffice to say that never at county
or state far has there been such q rich
| showing of the excellent products grown on
| the fertile soil Of the Northwest, and
! never such an artistically arranged one.
Mammoth pumpkins, squashes and mel
ons, divided honors; huge potatoes, onions
and cabbage claimed their share of att ~
ton; large apples and peaches, luscious
mr. ~, H. -
were everywhere in profusion, but above
and over and around all was coln-large,
magnificent yellow corn, pop corn-corn of
all complexions, color and shade. One
looked, admired and then looked again
The displays were relevation even to the
producers themselves. Old farmers and
their wives, clasped hands and as tears of
admiration trickled down their furrowed
| cheeks, their faces beamed with pride as
they real zed the triumph they had helped
accomplish in turning the broad praires of
tue Northwest into the most fertile gardens
OF the world. Strangers from abroad were
moved with rapture on first seeing the ar
t:stic exterior of the Corn Palace, but wnen
their eyes rested upon the magnificent pro-
ducts OF the soil, they gazed in open mouth
wondernent, and almost inauiibly the
words fell from their lips, 1T beats any,
thing ever saw--ever dreamed of"
The morning of the second day of the
jubilee dawned bright and propitious, and
the sun peeped over the eastern horizon
with glad smile as it nature herself was
proud of her products, and the Corn Pal
ace. During the night each incoming train
brought in its load of passengers, and the
| crowd was swelled by day and night until
fully $4,000 strangers were to be seen upon
| the streets or in the palace. During the
week $4,000 strangers must have seen the
palace.
The feature of the second day was the
grand characteristic parade, representing
| Sioux City in 1854. It was scene realis-
tic in degree to the old pioneers OF the
Northwest to whom these scenes of early
days We're familiar sights, and, to hear
them talk here and there among the crowd
| only here and there, for they have felt
the edge Of the scythe of the Father of
Iime-there was a tone that told of the
significance Of "Auld lang syne." They
said that, outside of the police and the mu-
sicians, it was all lust as natural as life"
And for the younger generation too, the
| thousands on the streets, in these rude sug-
gestions of by gone age-un age gone
/ never to return again, save in tradition,
memory, romance-there was absorbing
interest. Cheers and laughter heralded
the parade, and great crowns followed Gag
erly after ii.
FIRST came platoon of police, and,
just after was the X. p. band with its full
strength. And when The column Was fully
made up, then came the unique sight of a
large band OF Indians, Omahas, Sioux
and Wlnuebagos, to the number of about
200. About seventy-fye OF the Indians
were mounted. They We're in full war
pant and decked out with feathers, skins
of wild animals, brig t. colored prints and
gaudy cloths, and with faces smeared with
yerm, lion, tn y were!ia sight to behold.
Utterlng war whoops as they rode
and brandishin5 their weapons there
needed nothing more to paint the picture
| which in 1854 was one of terror to the adj
venturous settlers of the Northwest. Be-
the remainder of the band in wagons
1 all heaped full of younger Indians, squaws
/ and papooses, the women and their chill
dren, too, in gala day attire. 1t may be
doubted whether any In the throng of
people better enjoyed the entertainment
| than these Indians who were SO prominent
a feature OF it. The men and women both
were less reticent than common and chatted
| jolilly as they rode along. And tho little
copper. colored children gazed with wide
OPEN mouths at tie decorations and sights
! at every hand, showing how child life is
much the same the wide world over. One
Indian wag made sport for everybody, by
N nm ng the tone and gestures OF the
man who always rides with the circus in
parade and tells the people that there will
be free exhibition OF rope walking at the
show ground when the parade Is over
Another Indian was loudly cheered when
| he raised up a little 2-year old pappoose
and let it with lis tiny hand hold the reins
that guided the team, tue little thing laugh
ing with glee. Another of the Indians, q
1 warrior on horseback, put everybody under
lasting obligations by ever and anon giving
forth the genuine, olI-fashioned aboriginal
| war whoop, as he rode along. and they
cheered Linn Tor it heartily, and swore he
was ga danJy." He was i faith, and red
painted customer one would not want to
meet alone out on the prairies IN the
'tiIties."
Then, as the Indian band sped on and
passed OUT OF view, there came, most APP
proprately, the signs OF advancing CIVIL
z,ticn, the representatives. of the vanguard
| OF the mighty army VIII .ch drove out the
red man ana made his hunting ground
| corn field, the greatest, richest in the world.
| And then to make the thug more binding
they have at last set up Palace to the
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